Introduction to Law

Bachelor

The students
• know the general civil law and general private law aspects of entrepreneurial activity.
• understand basic legal principles, which are frequently conveyed through concrete examples of problem cases in legal practice.
• are able to classify the legal problems regularly occurring in business practice in general private and civil law.
• understand the legal organization of companies, the contract law of merchants and the alternatives under company law, in particular when setting up a company.
• are able to classify the areas of law presented and master their basic contents.
• are familiar with relevant cross-sectional areas of law that are related to digitization.

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Part A: Fundamentals of Civil Law
• Distinction between private law and public law
• Doctrine of title and mode
• Fundamentals of property law (incl. possession, holding & ownership)
• The natural person (legal capacity and capacity to act)
• The legal person
• Personal rights
• The legal transaction & the conclusion of the contract
• General contract law
• Representation & power of attorney
• Basics of consumer protection law

Part B: Corporate and Insolvency Law
• Legal forms of companies (partnerships, corporations, mixed forms)
• Basics of insolvency law

Part C: Law & Digitalization:
• Basic Data Protection Regulation & Telecommunications Law
• E-commerce and e-government / electronic signature
• IT law

• Aigner, T., Herda, H., Riedler, A., & Wolkerstorfer, T. (2023). Privates Wirtschaftsrecht. Wien: LexisNexis ARC ORAC.
• Artmann, E., & Rüffler, F. (2020). Gesellschaftsrecht. München: Manz Verlag.
• Jahnel, D., Mader, P., & Staudegger, E. (2020). IT-Recht. Wien: Verlag Österreich.
• Raschauer, B., Ennöckl, D., Raschauer, N. (2021). Grundriss des österreichischen Wirtschaftsrechts. Wien: Manz Verlag.
• Jahnel, D., & Pallwein-Prettner, A. (2021). Datenschutrecht. Wien: facultas.
• Pittel, R., Ganner, M., Laimer, S., & Markl, C. (2022). Einführung in das Privat- und Wirtschaftsrecht - Teil 1: Privatrecht. München: Verlag Österreich.
• Zankl, W. (2021). Rechtshandbuch der Digitalisierung. München: Manz Verlag.

final exam

German

3

25

2.0

• 25 % of the event is covered by eLearning. A combination between online phases (inductive method for the independent acquisition of knowledge and the practice of tasks) and presence phases (deductive method, in which assistance is given in the learning process and knowledge is imparted via frontal lectures) is used.
• Solution of case studies by means of group work

2

1

GWI 4

integrated lecture

Compulsory

not applicable